A young man lost his life last night in a really bad fire that caused at least 11 shacks to be burnt down in the St Francis Bay suburb of Sea Vista.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this stage but it occurred in the Cosovo area of Sea Vista at around 9.45 pm. The fire department attended to the fire.
A count of numbers of people left homeless and the number of shacks is being done by the Sea Vista community Ward Clr, Nozuko and her helpers.
Any one who can help with supplies of any kind … pillows, blankets, linen, and warm clothing and food supplies, can leave them at Calibre Security and they will be taken up to Sea Vista. Monetary donations, building donations and furniture, are also welcome.
Monetary donations can be made to local disaster management body, Disaster Volunteer Group (DVG) .
The DVG’s Standard Bank details to pay funds into are:
Name of Account: FOSSFAR. Account Number: 186512139
More details will be supplied and this tragic happening will be updated as soon as we get more info .
St Francis Chronicle expresses its deepest condolences to the parents of the child, and to those residents who lost all their possessions.
